Page 49 of Forged in the Fire
Wasn’t sure if I was going to take some sort of sick pleasure in it or if I absolutely abhorred it.
What I did know was I couldn’t stomach what was roiling from her volatile spirit.
The absolute fear that poured out of her.
Masked by that ferocious fight that she was.
“Brinley!” I gritted behind her.
I didn’t think she even heard my voice.
Not when she was in all-out panic mode.
Fuck.
What had she overheard that had sent her running like this?
The little sneak sniffing around outside the club’s Church door. No doubt, eavesdropping on the meeting I’d been having with my highest in command. My brothers. The men I trusted above anyone else.
Brinley cut through the woods, her breaths these haggard pants that jutted into the cool night air.
Distraught, she ran, hands out as she batted at the brush and branches that fought to keep her back.
She suddenly heaved some kind of relief, and I immediately knew what she was angling for.
The twelve-foot chain-link fence that lined this section of the property.
A section I’d been meaning to get replaced by the solid wall the rest of the perimeter was surrounded in.
Just my fucking luck that I hadn’t thought it a priority.
“Brinley!” I hollered again, voice the low sling of a command that she didn’t heed.
I couldn’t tell if she planned on scaling that fence or plowing right through it, but either way, I knew she was going to hurt herself trying to get beyond it.
Which was why I increased my speed.
Erasing the distance in three pounding steps before I reached out and wrapped my arms around her waist.
No question, it was the only way to stop her.
The momentum sent us toppling to the forest floor.
A scream tore out of her.
Nah, it wasn’t out of pain.
It was an eruption of hate.
Spite and animosity injected with a high dose of terror as she thrashed below me.
Her chest to the ground as I laid across her.
“No!” she cried. “You can’t do this. I won’t let you.”
“Where the fuck do you think you’re going?” I growled in her ear.
She only shrieked in some kind of rabid venom as she continued to fight against me.
